SurvivingSara

Tag: friendship

  • A New No

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    Sara Z
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    20 years ago, my nextdoor neighbor asked me in her ever-chirping voice, “What are you doing Thursday?” Unknowingly, I plunged headlong into the quicksand. “Nothing on Thursday,” imagining she was going to ask if I wanted to go to a movie or something. Even more cheerfully, she responded, “Oh, good! Doug and I have concert…

  • For Pete’s Sake

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    Sara Z
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    His smile and laugh are still with us, and I’ll never forget the last words I heard from my best friend’s fiance, “We love you, Sara” as I left to catch a plane back to California. 25 days later, he was gone. Lying in bed at a friend’s house in California, hanging out with a…

  • Friend

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    Sara Z
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    If you measure the depth or worth of a friendship by how often we see each other or even talk, I’m not a good friend. I can’t manage to see my friends much given my work hours and theirs, whether I’m physically able to or have the energy. My best friend since we were in…

  • You Never Know

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    Sara Z
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    Have you ever made up a nickname for someone you don’t know? Maybe you and your coworkers have a name for someone you see around, or a neighbor you discuss with your partner that you refer to by some characteristic? I went to a fairly small, state university and saw the same people repeatedly in…

  • Journal 12/10 part two

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    Sara Z
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    My writing is in a notebook currently and I’ve mixed journal entries and chapters. I just realized I’d failed to include the complete entry for 12/10, so here it is. My husband opened up to a friend about what he’s been going through. I asked if he’d told everything. He said, “Yeah, the whole thing.…